You can’t accuse the “other side” of illegal actions, and then proceed to do them “yourself”... LOL...
We can’t fight the War on Terrorism with our hands tied behind our backs. We need to do everything necessary to protect America, and if that means the government performing acts that would be illegal during peacetime, so be it.
You said — “We can’t fight the War on Terrorism with our hands tied behind our backs. We need to do everything necessary to protect America, and if that means the government performing acts that would be illegal during peacetime, so be it.”
It’s either a legal action or it’s not. It’s that simple. And if it *should be legal* — then make it so and pass a law affirming it. And make it so that the courts would also *affirm* its legality — that way.
It’s not good enough to say that we can do illegal things, just because we think that this is what is necessary for us to win. *Make it legal* — that’s all that is required...
BUT, having said that — there is *already* a legal procedure in place for dealing with it. It doesn’t go out to the public and it’s not in an open court of law. The problem was — that the government still wanted to do it illegally... That’s not what I signed up for with the Constitution that we have...